2010 Adult Class Information
Session I - OPENING RETREAT - THIS IS AN OVERNIGHT-2 Full Days
August 26-27, 2010 - Holiday Inn Express/Andover Central Park Lodge - Andover --There will be a picnic on the first evening hosted and sponsored by the Alumni Association
Purpose: To motivate the participants and create excitement about civic leadership and the role you play, personally and professionally. To create an understanding of civic
Leadership in the 21st century and become aware of the risk level associated with the complex issues within our communities today. To create time to build trust among the group and
the facilitators through awareness of Servant Leadership. Participants should begin thinking about changing behavior.
DAY ONE:
* Building Effective 21st Century Civic Leaders
DAY TWO
Seeing Yourself as a Servant Leader
Session II Building Effective Communities through Vision
September 9, 2010 - Haverhill School located at 9110 SW Haverhill Road, Augusta, Ks
Purpose: Participants will be taken through a visioning process and will be encouraged to be creative in community work. Exploration of personal and group creativity while looking
at the world from different perspectives. Learn about Butler County through the stories of others during the timeline and to create a class vision for Butler County.
Session III Creative Thinking in Civic Leadership
September 23 Augusta Public Safety Building located at 2100 N. Ohio Street, Augusta, Ks
Purpose: To provide opportunities to participants to think creatively to have an open mind when dealing with the tough issues in our county and communities. The third in the four
KLC competencies Intervene Skillfully will be addressed and participants will be taken through thoughts and ideas how to intervene skillfully in order to make change happen.
Session IV Understanding Our Role in Creating Effective Groups in Civic Leadership
October 7 Rose Hill - location to be announced.
Purpose: Participants will look at what makes us who we are. The facilitators will take participants through exercises to understand core values and to develop a personal mission
statement. Learning and understanding what drives us is key to understand how we work within a group. Participants will learn what is needed to bring groups out of chaos and keep
groups functioning and to understand the gifts and talents each bring to the table.
Session V Using Consensus & Collaboration to Make Things Happen
October 21 Boot Scootin Barn located at 5079 SW Fulton Road, Towanda, Ks
Purpose: For participants to understand when consensus works and when it won't work. Becoming aware of consensus seeking skills, such as listening and making decisions for the good
of the whole. Look at issues within Butler County using the tools and capacities of all that have gone on before to come to a consensus on the issue. Empower the participants to
look at consensus and collaboration as a way to build relationships and to encourage them to take on the difficult challenges of being a change agent. Participants will also learn
how to generate powerful questions through Appreciative Inquiry.
Session VI Using Facilitation to Work within Groups
November 4 Towanda - Location to be announced
Purpose: To allow participants the opportunity to experience facilitation from planning to implementation of a meeting, workshop or other training opportunities. To utilize the
tools and skills they have learned from the beginning of their experience in a facilitation process. Each project group will present their project ideas to the group and the group
will decide on one project to do.
KANSAS LEADERSHIP CENTER SUMMIT - November 8-10 Wichita
Purpose: This event will enlighten you on the work happening through the Kansas Leadership Center. To validate what participants will learn through the class on Civic Leadership in Kansas. You will meet and interact with peers across the State of Kansas to create opportunities for your continued leadership growth and experience. (late afternoon and evening on 8th, full day on 9th and early release on the 10th) This is not a mandatory event, but you will be EXPECTED to attend.
Session VII Growing & Celebrating as Civic Leaders in Butler County
November 18 El Dorado - location to be announced
Purpose: This session participants will debrief their entire Leadership Butler experience. Participants will begin to tie together everything they have learned and come up with
meaning for themselves. Participants will also discuss where they will take these experiences and how they will report back to the Leadership Butler organization.
NOVEMBER 18th is your recognition dinner as a participant of Leadership Butler and also where your class project is announced and you are expected to attend.
Each session has many different activities to take the group through the process to the end result. There will be group work that will need to be done between sessions (small groups) to help prepare for the class project.